Board Members Present:
- Allan Rudwick, Co-Chair
- Jennifer Wilcox
- Sue Stringer, Newsletter Editor
- Shireen Hasan, Community Outreach
- Jimmy Wilson, Co-Chair
- Pat Montgomery
Others Present:
- Kelli Fagan
- Alexis Croucher
- William Van Hevelingen
- Harrison Osbourn
- Craig D
- Kim
- John Engleheart
- Emma Holland
- Jell Morgan
- Jared Hobbs
- Esme Harbour
- Angela Kramer
Meeting opened at 6:34 pm.
Welcome & Introductions
Neighborhood Update
Dawson Park: met with the police over Zoom. They said they were not aware of the magnitude of the problems at the park. Officer Quackenbush (LT Jim Quackenbush James.Quakenbush@portlandoregon.gov 503-793-9681) came by the next day and saw firsthand what was going on. Since then people have not noticed police presence. Will meet with the police again in two weeks. It was suggested that now is the time to get working on a solution so that when the weather gets better again we will have a solution in place. It was noted that Central City Concern has been in the neighborhood quite a bit trying to engage the people using drugs.
Can use pdxreporter.org to report crime. This is part of the city government and may be easier than waiting on hold on the non-emergency line.
Some questions that were raised included:
- What can we do proactively?
- What are our hopes?
- Could we have the hospital invite some folks to put a food cart there?
- What are the next steps up the chain:
- NECN Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
- PSAT Public Safety
- ONI Office of Neighborhood Involvement
It was suggested that we should have a representative from Emanuel on the board. That was an agreement made in the past. There has not been an Emanuel representative in over a year.
Board Elections – Choose Directors for the Coming year
There was a brief discussion of the role of a director. The role includes attending meetings regularly and doing some work between meetings (small tasks such as write letters, articles for newsletter)
Allan reviewed the process: We will open for nominations, develop a slate, then vote in the slate. Then next month we will elect the officers. People can nominate themselves or anyone else.
Allan re-nominated all those currently on the board: Allan, Jimmy, Shireen, Pat, Jennifer, Sue
Johnny Engleheart nominated himself, Allan seconded
Harrison Osbourn nominated himself,
Kelli Fagan was suggested but declined but is interested in the livability committee.
The slate (Allan Rudwick, Jimmy Wilson, Shireen Hasan, Pat Montgomery, Sue Stringer, Jennifer Wilcox, Johnny Engleheart, and Harrison Osbourn) was unanimously elected.
Jimmy made a statement that we need to have a level playing field that need to be addressed before we bring new people into the board. In the past, there has been new leader training for new board members.
Pat recommended that the executive committee review Angela’s proposal for racial justice and diversity training and make a recommendation to the full board.
Old Business/Updates
Land Use committee met last week. The city is slightly changing the conservation district rules. They are being more flexible in how the houses can be used so that they will be used more and be less likely to be demolished.
Newsletter went out and looks great. Sue is open to people writing articles because she is down writers. She is hoping to connect with some high school students to get a youthful perspective.
Clean Air Team: Sue and Allan contacted everyone and heard back from some people. Most people were not able to participate at this time. Allan was going to send the letter to XPO Logistics but realized that the letter was not ready to send. It is unclear what we really want to ask for in this letter. The committee needs to meet to hammer out the details. Angela will do some research on community partners in the schools and try to connect them to Allan or Sue. After some discussion, it was decided that we will ask XPO logistics to filter their trucks.
Approve amended minutes from September’s meeting
Sue moved to approve the minutes as amended. Passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned 8:17pm
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